We present first results of near-infrared integral field spectroscopy of the central 8 ” \times 8 ” of the Wolf-Rayet nucleus of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 6764 .
In addition to stellar CO and Na I absorption lines as well as recombination lines of H and He I the K-band spectrum shows strong emission from molecular hydrogen .
Analysis of the stellar nuclear light using population synthesis in conjunction with NIR spectral synthesis suggests either the presence of two starbursts with ages of \sim 5 Myrs and \sim 20 Myrs or continuous star formation with an star formation rate of \sim 0.4 M _ { \odot } yr ^ { -1 } over the past 1 Gyr .